Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and Move by Move, Volume I

In Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and Move by Move Garry Kasparov’s long-term coach, second and mentor Alexander Nikitin tells the story of how he trained Kasparov from a brilliant, but raw junior into becoming and then remaining the world champion
First volume by Nikitin about his years with Kasparov.

Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and Move by Move, Volume II: The Assassin (1982-1990): 9785604176993: Nikitin, Alexander: Books

Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and Move by Move, Volume II: The Assassin (1982-1990)

On this day in 1997, IBM's Deep Blue sent shockwaves through the chess world, defeating reigning world champion Garry Kasparov 3½–2½ in a six-game match held in New York. : r/chess

Alexander Nikitin, Who Coached a Chess Champion, Dies at 87 - The New York Times

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Alexander Nikitin - Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and Move by Move, Część 1: The Whizz-Kid (

Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and by Nikitin, Alexander

Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and by Nikitin, Alexander

Nimzo-Indian Kasparov Variation: 4 Nf3 as popularised by Garry Kasparo – Everyman Chess